Needle-threader.



No. 879,003 PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908. L. v. RHODES.

NEEDLE THREADER.

APPLICATION FIL-ED JAN. 12, 1907.

To all whom it iiiay cimcemf U TED smrps PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER- v. RHODES, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NEEDLE-THREADLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Feb, 11, 1908;

Application filed January 12. 1807 Serial No. 351391;.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER V. Rnoims,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvanie,- have invented new and useful Iin rovements in Needle lhreed ers, of which t e following is a specification.

My invention haisrclation to improvements in needle threaders and it consists in the construction and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in; the claim.

I, In he accompanying is a" perspective View of the magnifier and its snpporting arm, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a sewing machine showing my needle threader mounted thereon. I r ,R fe'r'iiri'g o the drawing for 8 more particular description" of my invention, the m1- m'erall designetes e'magnifymgglass mount? ed upon en arm""2 ,j,providedwith a, twisted portlonf c, end a bin ed pprtion d, provided with eleaf e designe to e pivoted through an opening F; to thefrd'rne of a sewine' mechine as shown in' Fig. 2; The twistec por tion 0 of the arm 2 er'inits of the glass to be held at the re uired angle, to see the eye of the needle he] in stationary position inthe ne dle bar of the sewingtmachine. I wish it to be understood that the arm is capable of dmwing,, Figure 1 being thrown npwerdlv by means off its hinged connection to allow of its having a.

lateral Ii'iOVfilieQlll] by means: of its pivotal ortion F to permit of its engagement with it 'eeper g, which is secured to the frame of the sewing machine. A Eng or projection g is provided upon the arm-2* for moving the magnifier toward and the needle, morder to attain the required focus.

Having thus described the invention, whating to move the magnifier toward or Tome i 'eedle so as to obta n the reqtiired focus ion threading the same, substantially cs epeci-- fied In testimony whereof, I eifizt niv eigncture in presence of two witnesses.

- LUTHER V, itl lii'ill hlfi Witnesses:

K. A LEN, AIMEE Q. BROWN 

